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Re: less than or equal to formula for complex numbers
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Mike Miller |
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Re: less than or equal to formula for complex numbers |
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Tue, 17 Dec 2013 12:54:46 -0500 |
On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 18:45:29 +0100, Bård Skaflestad wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-12-17 at 18:18 +0100, Lukas Reichlin wrote:
>> Dear Octave Community
>>
>> The Octave manual defines for complex numbers the following ordering: z1 <
>> z2 [...]
>> Now I'm looking for the formula for z1 <= z2:
>
> Isn't this "simply" !(z2 < z1)?
Yes, which can also be expanded to the equivalent
abs(z1) < abs(z2) || (abs(z1) == abs(z2) && arg(z1) <= arg(z2))
Note this is not the same as
>> abs(z1) <= abs(z2) || (abs(z1) == abs(z2) && arg(z1) <= arg(z2))
It should also be equivalent to eq (z1, z2) || lt (z1, z2), but in
fewer operations.
--
mike